Miss USA 1960

Miss USA 1960 was the ninth Miss USA pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida on July 7, 1960.

Miss USA 1960
Linda Bement, Miss USA 1960
Date	July 7, 1960
Presenters	Charles Collingwood
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Entrants	45
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Minnesota Mississippi Nebraska Nevada Oregon Washington
Winner	Linda Bement Utah
← 1959 1961 →

At the end of the event, Linda Bement of Utah was crowned by Terry Huntingdon of California as Miss USA 1960.^[1] It is the second victory of Utah in the pageant's history. Bement later competed at Miss Universe and won.^[2]

Contestants from 45 states and cities competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Charles Collingwood.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss USA 1960	Utah – Linda Bement[1]
1st runner-up	New York – Mary Rodite[1]
2nd runner-up	Alabama – Margaret Jo Gordon[3]
3rd runner-up	North Carolina – Lyndia Ann Tarleton[3]
4th runner-up	Florida – Nancy Wakefield[3]
Top 15	California – Teri Janssen[3] Connecticut – Joyce Trautwig[3] Iowa – Trudy Shulkin[3] Louisiana – Judy Fletcher[3] Massachusetts – Barbara Feldman[3] Michigan – Judith Richards[3] Missouri – Marilyn Jean Stalcup[3] New Jersey – Sandy Chudy[3] Ohio – Corrine Huff[3] West Virginia – Garnett Pugh[3]

Contestants

45 contestants competed for the title.

State/City	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown	Notes
Alabama	Margaret Jo Gordon[4]	22	Homewood	Competed in the Miss United States 1960 pageant[5]
Alaska	Evelyn Bly[6]	23	Fairbanks
Arizona	Virginia Crook	18	Phoenix
Arkansas	Gene Chambers[7]	18	Danville	Married to Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys
California	Teri Janssen[8]	18	Los Angeles
Colorado	Karen Eickermann	19	Littleton
Connecticut	Joyce Elain Trautwig[4]	19	Hartford
Delaware	Rose Anne Reed	–	Wilmington
District of Columbia	Doris Lee Jones	–	Washington, D.C.
Florida	Nancy Wakefield[4]	19	Winter Haven
Georgia	Cecilia Upton[9]	19	Rockmart
Idaho	Margie Davis[10]	22	Pocatello
Illinois	Patricia Thompson	21	Chicago
Indiana	June Cochran	18	Indianapolis	Later Miss Indiana World 1962 Competed in the Miss USA World 1962 pageant Later Playboy Playmate of the Year 1963
Iowa	Trudy Shulkin[11]	21	Sioux City
Kansas	Peggy Patterson	21	Kansas City
Kentucky	Barbara Joan Lovins[12]	19	Alexandria
Louisiana	Judy Rebecca Fletcher[13]	18	Alexandria
Maine	Terry Suzanne Tripp	–	Lewiston
Maryland	Jerri Fiorilli[14]	–	Baltimore
Massachusetts	Barbara Gale Feldman[4]	20	Natick
Michigan	Judith Richards[15]	19	Dearborn
Missouri	Marilyn Jean Stalcup[16]	20	Normandy
Montana	Joanne Lane	–	–
New Hampshire	Joan Joyce Chesleing	–	Hampstead
New Jersey	Sandra Chudy[17]	20	Bound Brook
New Mexico	Kaye Smith[18]	18	Albuquerque
New York	Mary Rodite[19]	19	Port Jefferson
North Carolina	Lyndia Ann Tarleton[4]	19	Wingate
North Dakota	Twila Fleckton	19	Drayton
Ohio	Corrine Huff	19	Youngstown	Replaced Kathy Justice as Miss Ohio First African-American representing an American state in the pageant[20]
Oklahoma	Suzanna Moore[21]	18	Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania	Betsy Reeves[22]	18	Newtown
Rhode Island	Lorelie Sue White	20	Cranston
South Carolina	Margaret Thompson	–	Sumter
South Dakota	Patricia Klith	20	Sioux Falls
Tennessee	Christine McSwain[23]	22	Memphis
Texas	Pat Cloud[24]	20	Houston
Utah	Linda Jeanne Bement[25]	18	Salt Lake City	Miss Universe 1960
Vermont	Carole Mary Demas	–	Burlington
Virginia	Elizabeth Noreen Fulford[26]	18	Norfolk
West Virginia	Carole Garnett Pugh[27]	18	Queen Shoals
Wisconsin	Sharyn Chalik[28]	19	Milwaukee
Wyoming	Anita Simon	–	Cheyenne

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant